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Re:After many false starts, hydrogen power might now bear fruit by Xylakant on Saturday July 04, 2020 @10:33AM (#23732457)
Hydrogen has the nasty property of leaking through many materials, including metals. It also needs to be kept extremely cold. Both properties make it much harder to transport and store. It’s not clear that technology must exist that makes transporting and storing hydrogen as safe and economically viable as gasoline.
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Re:After many false starts, hydrogen power might now bear fruit by ComputerGuru on Saturday July 04, 2020 @11:44AM (#23733031)
Even storage of helium has largely been solved, and that is far more tricky than hydrogen. It’s just expensive.
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Re:After many false starts, hydrogen power might now bear fruit by Xylakant on Saturday July 04, 2020 @11:48AM (#23733054)
Helium is inert and not prone to explode when it sees the first spark. Also, as you indicate: storing helium is expensive - it is only economically viable because there is no competing product and hence whatever the price for helium storage is, it will get paid.
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Re:After many false starts, hydrogen power might now bear fruit by SV_BubbleTime on Saturday July 04, 2020 @01:13PM (#23733566)
Remind me but there is also no way to make new helium. It’s not a renewable, is it?

I thought it was only available as a byproduct of natural gas collection.

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Re:After many false starts, hydrogen power might now bear fruit by aidenn0 on Saturday July 04, 2020 @08:19PM (#23735792)
If we ever figure out fusion, some forms of fusion result in helium.
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Re:After many false starts, hydrogen power might now bear fruit by ComputerGuru on Monday July 06, 2020 @01:11PM (#23750002)
If we ever figure out fusion, would this become a moot point or even more important than ever?
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